× He had few choice but to make a deal.→ ○ He had little choice but to make a deal.

× There is not many time left.→ ○ There is not much time left.

３. ビジネスの場面などで使われる、主な不可算名詞

They had difficulty in findinganaccommodationin Sapporo near the station.

A fair amount of money goes onanadvertisingand sales promotion.

I wantanadviceon how to manage the proposed redevelopment project.

Glen Rowell was asked foran adviceafter one of the lectures at Hokudai.

The explosion at the plant causedadamageestimated at 770 million yen.

He’s trying to findanemployment in Okinawa.

We spend 250 million yen a year onanequipment.

Please send meaninformationabout vacations in Italy.

You’d better take outaninsuranceagainst fire and earthquakes.

Most farm workers are assisted byamachinery in Japan.

The call box was filled with signs andamerchandise.

Ihave been makingamoneymonth after month.

ANews, especially good news, travels fast.

The wine bottle was labeled “AProduceof France”.

The teacher made aprogressin education.

We’re carrying outaresearchto find a medicine to cure diabetes.

I tend to play forasafety.

There wasascopefor improvement in our work.

He is withoutatransportbecause the company car is being repaired.

It wasaveryhard work completing the project in two weeks.

不可算名詞（Uncountable Nouns・Non-count Nouns）

Uncountable nouns (non-count nouns) are substances, concepts etc that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot “count” them. For example, we cannot count “milk”. We can count “bottles of milk” or “liters of milk”/”litres of milk”, but we cannot count “milk” itself. Here are some more uncountable nouns:

music, art, love, happiness

advice, information, news

furniture, luggage

rice, sugar, butter, water

electricity, gas, power

money, currency

We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb. For example:

This news is very important.

Your luggage looks heavy.

We do not usually use the indefinite article a/an with uncountable nouns. We cannot say “an information” or “a music”. But we can say a something of: